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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a web page with embedded CLSIDs that reference certain COM objects that are not intended for use within Internet Explorer, aka a variant of the "COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2127.
The issue has been introduced in 11/08/1999. The weakness was disclosed 12/13/2005 by Will Dormann with CERT/CC (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-2831 since 09/07/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2228 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20299 (MS05-054: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (905915)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 4890.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (23453) and Tenable (20299). The entries 1537, 1914, 1915 and 1916 are pretty similar.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Remote: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 20299
Nessus Name: MS05-054: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (905915)
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Snort ID: 4890
Suricata ID: 2002725
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Will Dormann
Organization: CERT/CC
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-2831 (🔍)
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X-Force: 23453
SecurityTracker: 1015348 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Bug in Instantiating COM Objects May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 9971 - [MS05-054] Microsoft Internet Explorer COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption, Medium
SecurityFocus: 15827 - Microsoft Internet Explorer COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 15368 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 21763 - Microsoft IE Embedded CLSID COM Object Arbitrary Code Execution
Vupen: ADV-2005-2867
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Entry
Created: 03/11/2015 23:39Updated: 07/06/2021 20:58
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (74), 05/07/2019 12:40 (19), 07/06/2021 20:58 (3)
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